value statement

Noun

1. A non-descriptive statement.
   • How do we recognize a value statement? How can we distinguish a value statement from a descriptive one? Are value statements those characterized by involving opinions or judgments? - 1995, Warren A. Shibles, Emotion in...
   • This is obviously and explicitly a value statement: Stoller's contention is that ethnography is the most valuable part of anthropology and that it should be more highly valued by anthropologists. - 1997, James William...
   • This means that in case you have a value statement as a consequence of your reasoning, there must have been at least one value statement among your premises. - 1998, Arto Siitonen, “The Ontology of Facts and Values”, in...
2. An organisation's statement of its ethical values, complementary to mission statement and vision statement.